Legal Opinion
Horsehead Industries, Inc. v. Paramount Communications, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 17, 2001No. 99-3865PublishedCited by 105 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
AMBRO, Circuit Judge.
The issue presented in this appeal is whether a state court judgment, which requires Horsehead Industries, Inc. (“Horsehead”) contractually to indemnify Paramount Communications, Inc. (“Paramount”) for all environmental costs arising from Horsehead’s purchase of certain Paramount operations, subsequently can be used by Paramount collaterally to es-top Horsehead’s federal CERCLA contribution claim. As a threshold matter, we conclude that, under New York law, the state court declaratory judgment requiring Horsehead to indemnify Paramount is sufficiently…
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